Much, many, a lot of, lots of, (a) little, (a) few
Much, many, a lot of, lots of, (a) little, (a) few
Today
Grammar - quantifiers
Work on Task
Study for Test
At the end of this lesson..
You know when to use much/ many/ lots of/ a lot of/ little and few.
You can recognize countable and uncountable nouns
Quantifiers
Quantifiers zijn woorden die aangeven hoeveel er van iets is.
much, many, a lot of, a few, a little, etc.
Difference
Countable nouns woorden die je kan tellen. one pen - two pens
Uncountable nouns woorden die je niet kan tellen. water
Dit zijn woorden die je niet in het meervoud kunt zetten (money, milk......)
Uncountable nouns (niet-telbaar)
Uncountable nouns are singular, they don't have a plural form.
-Milk
-Cheese
- Water
- Butter
Countable nouns (telbaar)
Refer to items we can count -> telbare woorden
1 egg --> 2 eggs
1 banana --> 2 bananas
1 apple --> 2 apples
Important ! Countable nouns have a singular and a plural form
Much of many?
= veel
Telbaar? - many
Niet telbaar? - much
Gebruik: in vragen en ontkennende zinnen OF als je iets formeel wil zeggen.
bv.: I haven't got many shoes.
I don't have much time
A lot of / lots of
In plaats van much / many wordt ook a lot of / lots of gebruikt. Maar dan wel in bevestigende zinnen, dus niet in vragen of ontkenningen:
There are lots of/ a lot of sweets in the bowl.
A lot of/ lots of people came to the concert.
MAAR:
There aren't many sweets left.
En ook:
Na woorden als so, as, too en how moet je, ook in bevestigende zinnen, much / many gebruiken:
I know how much work you have done.
There are only so many hours in a day.
little / a little
little = weinig
niet telbaar, geen meervoud van maken
A little = een beetje
Niet telbaar, geen meervoud van maken
Gebruik: in vragen en bevestigende zinnen
few / a few
few = weinig
telbaar, je kunt er meervoud van maken
a few = een paar
telbaar, je kunt er meervoud van maken
Gebruik: in vragen en bevestigende zinnen
Practice
Use your own name! No nicknames!
Appropriate smileys are allowed.
1. friends
telbaar
niet telbaar
2. people
telbaar
niet telbaar
3. milk
telbaar
niet telbaar
4. fish
telbaar
niet telbaar
The President had ... power.
few
little
There are ... biscuits in the packet.
a few
a little
We've got ... time before the plane leaves.
few
little
We have ... oranges.
much
many
a lot of/ lots of
B en C
We don't have ... bananas, and we don't have ... fruit juice. (something, something)
How ... is this? - it's ten dollars.
He's very busy; he has ... work.
much
many
a lot of / lots of
A en C
David has ... rice, but Tyler doesn't have ... .
many, much
much, many
lots of/ a lot of, much
A en C
Wanneer mag je a lot of/ lots of NIET gebruiken?
Wanneer mag je a lot of/ lots of NIET gebruiken?
in vragen, ontkenningen.
Na so, how, too